Thursday, October 31, 2024

Happy despicable Halloween!

 To all who celebrate this holiday,this is just a quick note to wish you all a very despicable Halloween from me and all my Minions! I send everyone best wishes and much much love now and always!





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Wednesday, October 30, 2024

Some beautiful music and dancing

The ballet version of Copeland’s Appalachian Spring premiered today in 1944. Because music and dancing makes me happy, I’m sharing a video a 1958 broadcast of that ballet in the hope that others will enjoy it as well. I send everyone best wishes and much love now and always.




Tuesday, October 29, 2024

A sweet video for today

 I saw this video today and because it made me smile, I’m sharing it here in the hope it has the same effect on others.




Monday, October 28, 2024

Finding joyful things in life

“The older you get, the more fragile you understand life to be. I think that's good motivation for getting out of bed joyfully each day.” -Julia Roberts

Wherever you are reading this, I hope you can find many things in your life that bring you great joy. Whether it’s your family, your friends, nature around you, or something else, I hope there are people and things in your life that also help you feel happy. I send everyone best wishes and much love now and always.

Sunday, October 27, 2024

The great thing about laughter

“A wonderful thing about true laughter is that it just destroys any kind of system of dividing people.” -John Cleese

Wherever you are reading this, I hope you take many opportunities to laugh merrily in your life. In that spirit, I include a joke below. I send everyone best wishes and much love now and always.


Saturday, October 26, 2024

Blue skies

 I heard this lovely song today and because it made me smile, I’m sharing it here. I send everyone best wishes and much love now and always.




Friday, October 25, 2024

Magical things

"The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper." – Eden Phillpots


Wherever you are reading this, I hope you can find and enjoy magic in your life. I send everyone best wishes and much love now and always.

Thursday, October 24, 2024

Love is

“Love is a mutual self-giving which ends in self-recovery.” -Fulton J. Sheen

I hope that wherever you are reading this, that you take many opportunities to show love to others and that it helps you to feel loved in return. I send everyone best wishes and much love now and always.

Wednesday, October 23, 2024

On success

“As my father used to tell me, the only true sign of success in life is being able to do for a living that which makes you happy.” -Al Yankovic

Wherever you are reading this, I hope you take many opportunities in life that make you feel happy and I wish you every success. I also am writing to send everyone best wishes and much love now and always.

Tuesday, October 22, 2024

The story of a rescued dog

 I saw this story of how a dog was rescued after being abandoned during Hurricane Milton.  I know the story starts out sad, it does come to a happy ending where the dog was rescued and is now safe and well cared for. I post the story here because it reminds me of how even if/when horrible things happen, there is always so much hope and opportunity for good things to happen and that that goodness can spread.  For example, the story of that dog has helped spur renewed efforts to find other dogs forever homes as well.  Wherever you are reading this, I hope that you can always find good things to think about, even in difficult situations. I've found that if I can focus on something positive, it does help me in times of need. At the very least, it's helpful to think  that there is always hope for something better to come. I send everyone best wishes and much love now and always.



Monday, October 21, 2024

Just a fun video

 I saw this video today and because it made me smile. I felt the need to share it here. I posted here also to send best wishes and much love to everyone now and always.




Sunday, October 20, 2024

A beautiful voice

 I saw this really cool story on the news about a street performer who sings opera songs on a sidewalk in Philadelphia. I liked it because I’m also learning to sing opera music. It’s challenging but I think that’s what makes it fun. Anyway, the man who sings in Philadelphia really sounds beautiful and his story made me happy so I’m sharing it here. I send everyone best wishes and much love now and always.




Saturday, October 19, 2024

A silly joke

I saw this joke  today and it made me laugh so I'm sharing it here. I send everyone best wishes and much love now and always. 

 

Q: Why did the scarecrow win a Nobel prize? A: He was outstanding in his field!

 

 This joke and others can be found here: https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/2024/10/14/funny-halloween-jokes-adults-kids/75375606007/

Friday, October 18, 2024

Let your good thoughts shine

“ If you have good thoughts, they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely.”-Roald Dahl

Wherever you are reading this, I hope each day brings you many good thoughts. I also hope that when you feel happy, you allow the happiness within you to shine and spread. I send everyone best wishes and much love now and always.

Thursday, October 17, 2024

A lovely feeling

“I love the feeling of the fresh air on my face and the wind blowing through my hair.” -Evel Knievel

This quote makes me smile because it reminds me of how my dad used to drive me in his old MG car with the top down to get doughnuts on some Saturdays. When we’d.drive in that car he usually drove fairly fast and it would make the wind blow in my face and I’d imagine I was flying. It was a lovely feeling and it was fun! Wherever you are reading this, I hope you have many fun times in your life that help you feel really happy. I send everyone best wishes and much love now and always.

Wednesday, October 16, 2024

Memories

“Memory... is the diary that we all carry about with us.”-Oscar Wilde

Wherever you are reading this, I hope you make many happy memories in your life and that thinking of those memories brings you much happiness. I send everyone best wishes and much love now and always.

Tuesday, October 15, 2024

A little bit of laziness

 "Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired."- Jules Renard

Wherever you are reading this, I hope you take some time in your life to be a bit lazy and rest before you get tired. I send everyone best wishes and much love now and always.

Monday, October 14, 2024

Celebrating Indigenous Peoples Day

 It’s Indigenous Peoples Day in the US and in celebration of Native American art, I’m sharing the song below. I like it because it because it reminds me that love is the best gift people can give each other. As always, I post this with best wishes and much love to everyone now and always.




Sunday, October 13, 2024

A Sunday joke

The fact that it's Sunday got me thinking about this joke that makes me laugh and I'm sharing it here in the hope it has the same effect on others. I send everyone best wishes and much love now and always.

 

In a religious school’s cafeteria, there was a pile of apples on the table with a note reading: “Take one only. God is watching.”

At the other end of the table, there was a pile of cookies with a note put there by one of the students: “Take all you want! God is watching the apples!”

 This joke can be found here: https://jokes.scoutlife.org/jokes/god-is-watching/

Saturday, October 12, 2024

The best hugs

 I heard this song today and had to share it here because it's just so sweet. It made me think of how to me, the best hugs are hugs that are like a gift being given and received by two people at the same time. For me, such hugs bring me a sense of safety and warmth that I just want to share so that those feelings can spread farther and possibly help someone to also feel safe, happy, and most of all, at peace. Wherever you are reading this, I hope you give and receive many hugs throughout your life. I send everyone best wishes and much love now and always.




Friday, October 11, 2024

Happy Friday!

 I wish everyone a very happy Friday and a lovely weekend to come! I send everyone best wishes and much love now and always.




Thursday, October 10, 2024

On friendship

“The world is round so that friendship may encircle it.” -Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

Wherever you are reading this, I hope you choose to take opportunities to make friends in your life. I send everyone best wishes and much love now and always.



Wednesday, October 9, 2024

Celebrating love with John Lennon

 I heard this really beautiful song called “Love” by John Lennon today and I’m posting it here today in celebration of John Lennon because he was born today in 1940. Wherever you are reading this, I hope you take many opportunities to show love to people in your life. I send everyone best wishes and much love now and always.



Tuesday, October 8, 2024

A transforming force

“Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend.” -Martin Luther King, Jr.

Wherever you are reading this, I hope you take many opportunities to find common ground and make friends with people you meet throughout your life. I send everyone best wishes and much love now and always.

Monday, October 7, 2024

Celebrating Yo Yo Ma


It’s the cellist Yo Yo Ma’s birthday and so I’m sharing one of my favorite recordings of him playing the cello. It really is beautiful and it helps me feel relaxed. I post the recording here in the hope it helps others to feel relaxed as well. I send everyone best wishes and much love now and always.



Sunday, October 6, 2024

A funny video just for the heck of it.

 This video made me laugh today so I'm sharing it here in the hope it has the same effect on others. I send everyone best wishes and much love now and always. 




Saturday, October 5, 2024

A dog goes to Parliament

 I saw this story the other day about a British politician who works with a guide dog. I liked the story because it shows how awesome dogs can be and also I think it’s awesome that more people with disabilities are getting involved in politics. Anyway, regardless of anything, I send everyone best wishes and much love now and always.




Friday, October 4, 2024

The best thing

“Love is the best thing in the world, and the thing that lives the longest.” -Henry Van Dyke

In the spirit of this quote, I send best wishes and much love to everyone now and always.

Thursday, October 3, 2024

Happiness in actions

“Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.” -Dalai Lama

Wherever you are reading this, I hope you do many things in your life that help you and others to feel happy. I send everyone best wishes and much love now and always.

Wednesday, October 2, 2024

Brand new day

 Today is the singer Sting’s birthday and this got me thinking about a song he sang that I like, called Brand New Day. I hope this new day brings you many good things and I send everyone best wishes and much love now and always.




Tuesday, October 1, 2024

Celebrating Jimmy Carter

You can do what you have to do, and sometimes you can do it even better than you think you can. -Jimmy Carter

It’s former US President Jimmy Carter’s 100th birthday today and so I’m sharing this quote from him because it is so positive. Wherever you are reading this, if it’s your birthday today as well, I wish you a very happy birthday! As always, I also send best wishes and much love now and always.